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HDMI to component Lead

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    #2
    Kensington
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    HDMI has a feature called HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), whereas Component doesn't. HDCP is generally enforced on items like set-top boxes and bluray players, anything that tends to output copyright material.

    There isn't any legitimate way around stripping the HDCP from the incoming HDMI and outputting a "clean" signal on the Component output.

    You can of course go the other way around because you can quite happily convert the unencrypted component signal into an unencrypted HDMI signal.


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    total former
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    Yeah, those cables that you've linked in the OP are probably useless because the signal coming out at the component end will be unusable by your TV. The whole point of HDMI is digital picture and sound which you would lose anyway going through component cables.

    Really you'd be better off just going Scart to component:
    http://www.powercity.ie/?par=30-70-DV2401&brands=FLEMMING


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    coylemj
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    total former wrote: »
    Yeah, those cables that you've linked in the OP are probably useless because the signal coming out at the component end will be unusable by your TV.

    +1 In fairness to the digiflex.co.uk people, they do state quite clearly that the signal coming from the component plugs will need to be converted from digital to analog, something no domestic TV will be capable of doing.

    There's an awful lot of cables for sale on eBay which omit this critical warning - that a HDMI to VGA or component lead must include a digital/analog converter or its useless.


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    TheChizler
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    You might be able to get a home cinema system that handles video, my Onkyo receiver can do this.


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    Thurston?
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    total former wrote: »
    Really you'd be better off just going Scart to component:
    http://www.powercity.ie/?par=30-70-DV2401&brands=FLEMMING

    That's not component, it's composite video (yellow) + R & L audio.

    I would think very few, if any, SCART equipped devices will be capable of outputting component video signals from the SCART connection.


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    Wabbit Ears
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    what are you actually trying to do OP?

    HDMI to component will not work well at all. Youe be bettwr off using a scart to component feed. But still, very few reasons to do this I can think of.


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    Thurston?
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    Wabbit Ears wrote: »
    Youe be bettwr off using a scart to component feed.

    Where are you going to get the component video signal from? It's not the same as RGB.


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    Wabbit Ears
    Registered Users Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭Wabbit Ears


    suppoese, yea, but since we dont know what the OP wants the component for I dunno if that what they want. HDMI to component really wont work as it will give a HDCP error on teh box.


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    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    I would assume it's for some kind of display that only has analogue inputs, & they want the best possible quality.


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    SpaceTime
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    You'd actually need something to convert the HDMI signal to component video.
    There's a lot more than a lead required.

    HDMI is a connector and set of digital protocols. It's more comparable to USB, Firewire or even Ethernet.

    Component Video is normally analogue. So you're looking at needing something to actually convert the HDMI digital output into an analogue format. You cannot do that with a cable, it actually needs to a convertor of some sort.


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